CONFERENCES/EVENTS

The Office of Urban Sustainability Initiatives sponsors a continuing series of meetings, conferences, and events, both at the university and in the community.

Upcoming Events

November 19
Faculty Seminar
"Climate Change, El Nino, and Snowpack Augmentation in the Colorado River Basin"
4:00 p.m., UNLV Science & Engineering Building, Room 1243
Dr. Rand Decker, Northern Arizona University
Dr. Tom Piechota, UNLV
Free and open to the public

November 30
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
“A Fateful Year for Climate Change: Domestic Politics & International Diplomacy in 2009”
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
William Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution, and Director, Brookings Mountain West

December 7
Transportation Forum Series
"Central Japan Railway Company's Bullet Train"
5:00 p.m. reception, 6:00 p.m. presentation and panel session
UNLV Science & Engineering Building Auditorium
Richard Lawless, New Magellan Ventures
Tsutomu Morimura, Central Japan Railway Co.
Free and open to the public, but RSVP requested at http://NUTC.unlv.edu/tfs


Past Events

Urban Sustainability Initiative Fall Meeting
September 25, 9:00 a.m.-Noon, Student Union 208-C.
Click here for more info.

2009 National Clean Energy Summit
http://www.cleanenergysummit.org

Earth Week Lecture Series.
April 21-22, 2009. Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building.

UNLV EarthHour 2009
March 28, 2009

North American Energy Roundtable
March 27, 2009

Minimizing the Impact of Conflict on U.S. Energy Security
April 16, 2009, 6:00 p.m.,
Desert Research Institute/Atomic Testing Museum
755 E. Flamingo Road.

2009 USI Conference
Education for a Global Sustainable Future: 21st Century Challenges in Sustainability & Climate Change Education
March 6, 2009
UNLV Student Union

2007 Inaugural USI Conference
Oct. 24, 2007
View information about our inaugural conference.

National Clean Energy Summit
Aug. 19, 2008
A summary of the Summit presentations and findings can be found at http://www.cleanenergysummit.org.

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